My teacher told us to write a brief summary of William shakespeare,what should i mainly talk about?

Answer 1

Write the dates of his death and birth. Place of birth, where he lived and died. Put some information about his family. Put in data about how many works he wrote, break it down into categories. If you go much deeper than that, you will be writing a very long paper.

Answer 2

There are few hard facts about William Shakespeare's life. What is certain is that Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England, in April 1564, at age 18 married Anne Hathaway, had three children, and died on April 23, 1616 at the age of 52.

Answer 3

Brief biographical details, some historical context and sponsors but concentrate on his work as a writer of plays.You may want to sya that many of the phrases we take for granted i.e. almost cliched now were first written by him: "As white as driven snow", "The darling buds of May", so he contributed a lot to the modern English langauge.

Answer 4

talk about tragedies comidies hisstorical plays
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Henry V
The Merchant of Venice
etc/etc &sonets

Answer 5

No biography was written of Shakespeare during his life. Today little can be factually supported of what we believe to be the events of the life of William Shakespeare, and much debate continues to this day.We believe William Shakespeare was born April 22 or 23, 1564 at Stratford-upon-Avon, the son of Mary Arden and John Shakespeare, a glove-maker, one of eight children, five of whom survived to adulthood. He was baptized April 26 1564. He had early education from a tutor and at seven entered the Free School in Stratford where he learned a little Latin and even less Greek. When he was about thirteen he was removed from school and apprenticed to a butcher, for an unknown period of time. In November 1582, at age eighteen, he was obliged to marry Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior. Their first child, Susanna, was born six months later. A pair of twins, Hamnet and Judith, were born February 21, 1585. Due to his twenty years of living apart from Anne and his brief mention of her in his will, it is assumed that theirs was not a happy marriage. It is said that Shakespeare’s conviction for poaching deer from the estate of Sir Thomas Lucy inspired him to write his first literary work, a satire of Sir Thomas. Shakespeare departed for London, leaving his family behind, and soon attached himself to the theater working at menial jobs. (as a keeper of playgoers’ horses by one tradition). He was able to return to Stratford once the poaching incident was forgotten.

By 1592 Shakespeare was a recognized actor and in that year wrote and produced his first play, Henry VI, Part One (although some critics believe Love’s Labour’s Lost to have been his first). The success of the play led to Parts Two and Three. In 1593 Shakespeare published a long poem Venus and Adonis based upon Ovid. It was dedicated to the Earl of Southampton to whom The Rape of Lucrece (1594) was also dedicated. It was also for the Earl that his famous Sonnets were written. It is believed that Shakespeare never meant for the Sonnets to be published; one edition full of mistakes was quickly suppressed.

In 1594 Shakespeare became the principal shareholder of an acting company that was destined to become the most celebrated of its day, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men (later known as The King’s Men after the accession of King James). The same year he also acted in a play of unknown authorship before Queen Elizabeth.

At the time of writing Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream - usually attributed to the year 1595 - Shakespeare was thirty-one, already on his way to a successful theatrical career, and had been acting for five years in London. He had written either historical or comedy plays for a number of years. He had been married for twelve years and had three children.

In August 1596 his son Hamnet died and early the next year he bought a home, New Place, in the center of Stratford. His relative prosperity is shown by his purchase of more than a hundred acres of farmland in 1602, a cottage near his estate and a half interest in the tithes of some local villages in 1605.

In September 1598 Shakespeare began a friendship with the then unknown Ben Johnson and produced his play Every Man in His Humour. In 1599 The Globe Theatre was built in London, and Shakespeare’s company began acting there. Despite general disquiet at the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603 and the beginning of the rule of James I, from Scotland, Shakespeare’s fortunes were unaffected and his license to perform at the Globe was extended. Troilus and Cressida, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth, all were performed there before the theater was destroyed by fire in 1613.

Shakespeare retired from the stage by 1613, and his last few years were seemingly quiet. One known incident revolves around his involvement in a heated and lengthy dispute over the enclosure of common-fields around Stratford.

Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616 and was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. A monument to him has since been erected in Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey. Seven years after his death his fellow actors published the First Folio edition of Shakespeare’s plays.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Ask your teacher

Answer 8

mainly about his plays ,he is world wide famous for his play .and of course these are superb till date

Answer 9

His works of course and how even today they convert his stuff to plays, movies and such.

Answer 10

Roger Bacon....